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The Truth About the Dark Ages

by | Apr 20, 2022 | , , , , | 0 |

It is an irony of history that the first person to use the phrase “Dark Ages” was a Catholic clergyman who meant nothing pejorative by the term. Caesar Baronius (1538-1607) was an Italian cardinal and the most renowned Catholic historian of the Counter-Reformation. At the time, Protestants were fond of characterizing the Middle Ages as […]

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What’s Happening with the Notre Dame restoration? An Advent 2021 Update

by | Dec 9, 2021 | , , | 0 |

Writing about the construction of Notre Dame de Paris, two very different experts said: When it was decided to rebuild a cathedral, the bishop, the canons, rich townsfolk, and neighbouring landowners made the first offerings. The king was next approached, […]

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The remarkable restoration of St Birinus, Dorchester-upon-Thames

by | Oct 13, 2021 | , , , , , | 0 |

St Birinus, probably a monk of St Andrew’s Benedictine Monastery on the Caelian Hill in Rome, was ordered by Pope Honorius I to England in 634 AD to convert the West Saxons. A year later he landed at Southampton. He succeeded in converting Cynegils, the West Saxon king. The latter gave St Birinus Dorchester-upon-Thames, as

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Decline in religious architecture like a warning light on our dashboard

by | Aug 21, 2021 | , , , , , , , , , , , | 0 |

Across time more than half of the greatest architectural achievements of humanity, as designated by AD, have been inspired by religious faith. Over the last seventy years, according to the panel assembled by the “Style” section, that percentage has dropped to just eight.

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The Art and Martyrdom of the Sagrada Família, the Expiatory Church of the Holy Family

by | Apr 9, 2021 | , , , , , , , | 0 |

Art and Martyrdom of the Sagrada Família, the Expiatory Church of the Holy FamilyIn 1910, he participated in the “Social Catholic Week” organized by clergymen and the entrepreneur Eusebi Güell i Bacigalupi (1846-1918), Gaudí’s client and patron, in the workers’ settlement Colonia Güell. Güell and Gaudí’s lifelong friendship went far beyond business relations and was founded in deep Catholic religiosity. In 1886, Gaudí began construction of the Palau […]

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Sagrada Família: Towers Rising in the Midst of Rediscovered Faith

by | Mar 19, 2021 | , , , , , , , | 0 |

Sagrada Família: Towers Rising in the Midst of Rediscovered FaithAmong the precious treasures of the Church that bring about the salvation of souls, which we must recover in order to save our families and rebuild a Christian society, is the Sacrament of Matrimony. Is it not darkened today above all because we rarely proclaim this forgotten gem among the seven sacraments, no longer let […]

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